Govt (B) Higher Secondary School, Pothaturpet
| School Name | Govt (B) Higher Secondary School, Pothaturpet |
| Address | Pothaturpet Ward-17, Ward-17 Pothaturpetmain, Pothaturpet, Pallipat, Thiruvallur, Tamilnadu |
| Location | Pothaturpet Ward-17 |
| City | Thiruvallur |
| District | Thiruvallur |
| State | Tamilnadu |
| Pincode | 631208 |
| Category | Higher Secondary School |
| Block | Pallipat |
Govt (B) Higher Secondary School, Pothaturpet is located in Pothaturpet Ward-17, Ward-17 Pothaturpetmain, Pothaturpet, Pallipat, Thiruvallur, Tamilnadu and was established in year 1950. The school is a Co-educational and is located in Rural area. This is a Higher Secondary school and is currently operational. It's affiliated with State Board for class-X & class-XII exams. The school is managed by Department of Education. It comes under Tiruttani assembly constituency. The school falls under Arakkonam parliamentary constituency. This is primarily Tamil medium school but Telugu and English is also spoken during classes.
| Class VI to VIII | 256 Students |
| Class IX to XII | 822 Students |
| Total Students | 1078 Students |
| Total Teachers | 47 Teachers |
| Student-Teacher Ratio | 23:1 |
| Student-Classroom Ratio | 27:1 |
The school teaches around one thousand one hundred students being taught by around 47 teachers. The school has student-teacher ratio of 23 students per teacher. 42 teachers are appointed on Regular basis, three are appointed on Part-time basis and rest two are appointed on Contract basis. 36 teachers are Male and remaining eleven are Female. In terms of Academic qualification four teachers are Graduate and rest 43 are Post Graduate. Two teachers are trained in Computer. The student classroom ratio is 27:1, means on an average twenty seven students sit in a classroom which is very good. There are 256 students in class VI to VIII and 822 students in class IX to XII.
The school is in a Govt. building and it has pucca boundary walls. The school has total forty clasrooms and five other rooms. The school has internet facility for students. The school has one laptop, twenty five desktops, one scanner, one LED, one digiboard, two webcams and one generator in its premises. There is reading corner, library and book bank for students. There are twenty eight boys toilets, one girls toilet and one cwsn toilet for students. The school has both hand wash facility and drinking water facility for people.